#prideful max

Full Name: Maxwell Dempsey Reyes

Nickname(s): Prideful Foot, Prideful Max, Indigo Max, Dempsey, Mr. President

Color: Indigo

Vice: Pride

Ability: Limited Psychic Abilities (Examples: Forcefields, Energy Manipulation, Walking on Air, Telekinesis only with cups)

Distinct Feature(s)/Outfit: Arms behind his back, foot tapping, an occasional tie around his neck

Personality: Vain, prideful, competitive, confident, cool, boastful, egotistical, stubborn, reserved

aka “Max’s Seven Deadly Vices”

Hi there! As I’m slowly hyperfixating on “Sam and Max: Freelance Police” by watching the tv series and playthroughs of the Telltale Games, I wanted to create some content/AU since the Sam and Max fandom seems small? I don’t know. I’m new to the fandom and I’m liking it so far. 

I got interested with Max’s vices from “The Bright Side of the Moon” and got inspired with an AU.

Basically, instead of three (the magic number) vices that Hugh Bliss takes, he takes four more based on the Seven Deadly Sins. So there are seven Max's the color of the rainbow running amok and Sam has to carry Max while running around collecting body parts.

Without further ado, here are the Seven Vices of Max:

Red Max: "Murderous Hand"-  A red Max who has Max's right hand and gun, likes to cause violence and mayhem. Eager to get in a fight and start one. He gets into fights with Orange Max and gets annoyed with Indigo and Violet a lot. 

Orange Max: "Jealous Eye"-  An orange Max who has Max's left eye. The other eye is green. Jealous of the other vices and other people he deems has better qualities than him. Would do anything to get his way. Seems to be the quiet normal one, but his true self shows anything to do with Sam. Usually follows Sam around (sometimes holding Sam’s hand) and stays in the background. Would be the original Max’s translator at times until Max get his mouth back. Out of all the vices, he dislikes Violet Max the most and has a rivalry with Yellow Max. If he's really jealous, has the power to be monstrous. Has the nickname "Pumpkin".

Yellow Max: "Greedy Fangs"- A yellow Max who has Max's mouth. A smooth-talker. Very greedy of money, food, items, and whatever else he likes. Does most of the talking and is the leader of the vices. Confident and calculating. Partners in crime with Green Max and gets along with him the most. Also can get possessive. Has an echoey effect in his voice. Gains a golden fang for some reason. Would do anything to get what he wants. Always comes up with a scheme. When he gets greedy and obtains more stuff, he grows bigger. Very wary of Orange Max and teases Indigo Max a lot. 

Green Max: "Gluttonous Stomach"- A green Max who has Max's stomach. Always hungry and voracious. Would eat anything and anyone. Only seems to listen and share with Yellow Max.

Blue Max: "Slothful Tail"- A blue Max who has Max's tail. Very lazy and depressed. The most relatable and "real" of the vices. Would rather lay around somewhere than deal with the others and the world.

Indigo Max: "Prideful Foot"- An indigo Max who has Max's left foot. Self-centered and feels like he's above it all. Thinks that he's the leader/ruler and that he tries to lead the others, but it fails. Tends to drag Blue Max along by the leg. Taps on his foot when he's annoyed.

Violet Max: "Lustful Ear"- A violet Max who has Max's right ear. Flirty to women, men, and the other vices. But leans to Sam especially. Begs Sam to play with him and pull his ears. He seems to be afraid of Orange Max only.

Had to take a screenshot just in case I miss it, but my fanfic has reached 83 kudos and 777 hits on Archive of Our Own! Thank you so much!

Wanted to practice drawing Max and bringing visuals before I forget them for later, I drew the many faces of Max as they are going to be in the third season version of the Roy G Biv/Seven Deadly Vices AU along with a bonus head. 

Spoiler Notes under the cut

Here is a short preview scene of the second chapter to my Sam and Max fic, titled “Powerful Vices and Bullets”. Just wanted to share:

Yellow Max continued, "The first order of business for ourselves: names! We can't just call each other by colors all the time and we all know we're Max. It'll get old quick." Everyone nodded in agreement.

"In that case, I'll go first. A talented lagomorph like myself deserves a proud name. A cool name!" The indigo rabbit stepped up with a smirk, folding his arms behind his back. After a moment of silence, he replied. "Dempsey."

All the other vices just stared at him. A snort or two was heard. Orange Max raised an eyebrow. "Dempsey?"

Dempsey frowned. "I like the name. Got a problem with it? I dare any of you to pick something better!"

The red Max raised his white hand and blurted out, "I like the name Jalapeño! I'm spicy and an eternal flame, baby!"

"Mmm, jalapeños..." Green Max drooled and leaned forward to bite at the red lagomorph's arm.

"Hey, hey, hey! No eating me!" Red Max pushed the other away, holding him back at arm's length with a groan. "Geez, you're a hefty kind of guy, huh?"

Green Max nodded, clapping his hands and rubbing his belly. "That's right! I'm Hefty. Which I'll aim to be once I eat everything!"

A little thing I drew for @pushingcl0vers​ after I discovered we have similar AU’s involving Max’s vices: The Prismatic AU and The Seven Deadly Vices AU. So I decided to draw how the four Vices of each AU would react to each other (since the Canon vices I think remain the same?).

It was just so interesting seeing how similar yet different the vices are in terms of color, body placement, etc. I’ll start from top left again:

Pride- Oddly enough, coincidently both our versions take Max’s left foot. I currently have no idea of my Prideful Max so far except that he briefly hangs out with Slothful Max and one thought was taking over the moon. But seeing that the other Pride is in the White House, Prideful is like “Wait, why haven’t I thought of that?” I’d imagine the two walking and talking, most likely acting as the cool important people while basking in their pride (and secretly wanting to out-perform the other in a “friendly” rivalry). 

Greed- I like that their version of Greed is with the other hand and how he stays close to Sam to steal from him while I went with a smooth con-artist/teeth theme for mine. Well, at first I’d figure that the two Greed’s would try to steal from each other and con themselves, but then I remembered that Greedy Max grows in height when he starts to have a collection. Cue both Greed vices joining forces to wreck havoc on the suckers I mean city folk and take anything they want. Hopefully Greedy Max won’t put the other one in his inventory!

Lust- Huh... similar colors and complimentary ears. I’m still figuring out my version of Lust because I want to keep the flirty/a bit provocative side of Max while also making him more than just a gag or one-sided. While he is flirty and open, I also have him like dressing up and dancing. He likes big dresses and gowns especially and he’s also like a siren of sorts? In that he can sing and compels others to dance and give into their desires. I think Lustful Max would love to show his dress off to the other and the two become friends.

Envy- 

“... It’s like I am the only sane one in this group...”

“Exactly! What is up with that?!”

Like the Greeds, the Jealous Maxes are different entirely in terms of color and body part. Envy takes the other ear while Pumpkin takes one of Max’s eyes. At first, I thought they were going to be jealous of each other, but then I remembered Pumpkin being the one closest to Max based on personality and the “sane” one as he puts it, so I could imagine the two Jealous Maxes complaining about their respective counterparts. Pumpkin is also part pumpkin monster so I have him submerged in the ground with leaves around his waist. 

And finally, we have Prismatic Max and Rainbow Max hanging out together with blankets.  Probably both Sam’s were dimension traveling and decided to babysit the two or let them hang out since they been in similar situations. One key difference I saw was that while my Rainbow Max would enjoy/like his new form (at first), Prismatic Max does not. I could imagine the latter warning the other “it’s not worth it, you’ll regret it” while Rainbow is like quietly backing up in concern like “what happened?”